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◎ Master! Better the elder brother die than the younger brother. ◎
The Eighth Prince was silent for a moment, then he knelt down, just like the Crown Prince’s reaction when he first heard Mo Yu’s inner voice complaining, he slid down to his knees.
In fact, he didn’t want to do this at first, after all, the Crown Prince failed when he did this, and he would probably end up the same way if he repeated the same trick.
However, he had thought about it a lot before, but there was no better way. In addition, he had a deep respect for Master Kang, the Emperor, so he slid down to his knees instinctively when Master Kang got angry.
This had nothing to do with his own thoughts, it was almost a conditioned reflex - that is, he himself couldn’t actually control that.
Fortunately, his brain was still a little better than the prince's. After sliding to his knees, he did not immediately confess his guilt - this is where he is amazing. After all, except for the prince who enjoys the privilege of being the "eldest son", all the princes must first regard Master Kang as the emperor, and then the emperor's father. The relationship between the emperor and his subjects comes first, and then the father and son. So they must follow the rules of the emperor and his subjects.
Isn't it the most basic professional quality to figure out the emperor's intentions?
Being a prince is actually a profession.
To some extent, it is not easier than being a concubine - at least if a concubine does not do well in the profession, she can go to the cold palace as long as she does not do something serious. But for a prince, even if he does not do something serious, he can easily die. Especially
for the eighth prince who has a poor family background and still wants to plot for the throne, this possibility is even greater.
If you don't try to figure out the emperor's intention, you're doomed.
Therefore, the Eighth Prince has developed his ability in this area quite well.
After kneeling, he said nothing, just knelt there in silence with his head down, looking like he was ready to do whatever the emperor wanted. It really made people feel his obedience and silent protest - yes, although he was obedient, he was still protesting silently. Sometimes silence is more powerful than rebuttal.
This is especially true when you can't even make sense.
Perhaps it was because he saw that the Eighth Prince knelt so smoothly that Master Kang hesitated - the last time the prince was too anxious to refute, but his rebuttal was too weak, which made Master Kang even angrier and added fuel to the fire.
The Eighth Prince is different.
His silence and the look of being at the mercy of others made Master Kang suspicious, and he himself retreated to advance.
Master Kang was originally very angry, but after being treated like this by the Eighth Prince, he calmed down.
This is the character of Master Kang.
As the saying goes, "If you don't move, you will retreat."
The more you argue, the more he thinks there is something wrong with you, but if you remain silent, he will wonder if there is something else going on and if you have been wronged. It happened that
Mo Yu had a restriction on expressing his inner voice, and Master Kang couldn't help but wonder if the Eighth Prince had some other difficulties that he couldn't say, because he was so aggrieved and didn't dare to say anything.
Since he thought so, it would be too early to forgive the Eighth Prince.
After all, Master Kang's impression of the Eighth Prince is not too bad, so it is normal for him to have some filter for his biological son.
The best thing is that the Eighth Prince is not the only one fighting on the scene, but also his teammate, the eldest prince.
Although the eldest prince has a bit of a pig teammate character, he can still be used cleverly at critical moments... Although this method of use is a bit risky, if used well, the effect is also very good.
The eldest prince, Kuku, slapped his sleeves twice, knelt on one knee and said, "Please forgive me, my father. The eighth prince has always been loyal to the emperor and the country, respects his elder brother, and loves his younger brother. He has never paid attention to any supernatural things. He is completely sincere and the world can see it."
Emma, this boast is too hypocritical and too lacking in true feelings.
Sure enough, the anger that Master Kang had just gone down was about to rise again.
However, the eighth prince still made up his mind not to speak, and just knelt there, which made Master Kang even more confused - from Master Kang's cognition, he still knew a little about the temperament of each of his sons.
At least the Eighth Prince is not the type to swallow his anger. The current situation is that the Eighth Prince has some intention of "confessing", but the eldest prince is jumping around here vigorously, which makes Master Kang have to think carefully. Is the Eighth Prince using the eldest prince as a shield, or is the eldest prince using the Eighth Prince as a raft?
Master Kang's temperament is like this. Once he suspects someone, even his breathing is wrong...
Between the eldest prince and the eighth prince, it is obvious that he chose to believe the eighth prince - compared to the eighth prince who has always been well-behaved and sensible, the stupid, reckless and ambitious eldest prince is more hateful.
The emotional balance suddenly tilted towards the eighth prince, and the intensity of anger naturally sprayed towards the eldest prince.
Master Kang vented his anger at the eldest prince, scolding him for being stupid, disrespectful to his elders, indulging in beauty, and not being friendly and respectful to his brothers. Anyway, he scolded all the faults he could find.
In this way, he had no time to criticize the eighth prince.
The eighth prince, who was originally the focus of the fire, was now hidden, and the eldest prince, who was already very eye-catching, took everything. Although he felt deeply wronged, he could do nothing about it.
After all, this was the decision of their wise and powerful emperor.
And the eighth prince was still anxiously caring about him, just like before, so he was still his good eighth brother, right...
In this way, the eighth prince relied on such a simple kneeling to deal with two men, Master Kang and the eldest prince. It was really amazing.
I don’t know whether the Eighth Prince did this intentionally or by coincidence.
If it was intentional, then this Eighth Prince is really unfathomable, and I don’t know if the Four Princes can still win this time.
Mo Yu complained silently, not realizing that after he finished complaining, the atmosphere in the entire South Study changed again.
Master Kang and the eldest prince both had expressions of sudden enlightenment, anger, and heartache, like innocent girls who suddenly realized their mistakes after being deceived by sweet words, while the Eighth Prince had an expression as if he had constipation, and felt embarrassed as if his mind was seen through.
Mo Yu didn’t care about this at all. The only thing he cared about was why Master Kang called him and these princes back.
It couldn’t be that they were just here to watch him go crazy and scold his son, right?
[Oh, this son specifically refers to the eldest prince. I don’t know why the eighth prince was originally mentioned, but in the end it was the eldest prince who was scolded… Although the eldest prince is indeed very annoying, Master Kang, you are indeed too partial to one and the other. ]
Master Kang was a little upset about this, but the eldest prince was completely upset - that is, why do you scold me every time?
The child felt wronged, but he couldn't say it.
Just when everything was in such chaos, someone finally came to save the situation.
The people who came this time were also acquaintances, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince.
The two have always been inseparable, and originally followed the prince. But since Mo Yu used his inner voice to release the fourth prince's final outcome last time, the prince felt uncomfortable and no longer allowed the two brothers to follow him.
In fact, it wasn't just the two of them. He was too lazy to even see Mingzhu and the ministers from the prince's faction. It was as if his thoughts were finally exposed and he was reprimanded by his most beloved father, so he felt hopeless and decided to just give up.
So he didn't attend the Qionglin Banquet after the imperial examination.
Although it was also because Master Kang didn't invite him intentionally or unintentionally, if he wanted to come, it wouldn't be impossible for him to mention it. But
no one mentioned this matter, so Master Kang pretended not to know.
This situation started after the southern tour. After a month, the situation intensified. The father-son relationship between Master Kang and the prince plummeted. Now he is basically treated the same as ordinary princes, and even worse than ordinary princes. They are almost like strangers.
Under such circumstances, the Fourth Prince couldn't sit still. After all, with his Buddhist personality, if no one fights, he will have no advantage at all.
At present, the most powerful ones are the Crown Prince and the eldest prince. If the Crown Prince doesn't accept the challenge, how can the battle for the throne go on?
It's like two peerless masters are about to fight a decisive battle on the top of the Forbidden City, and suddenly one of them gives up power and says they don't want to fight anymore... This is simply too disappointing, isn't it?
The key is that it will also delay things.
After lying in wait for a while, the Fourth Prince finally couldn't help it. Hearing that Master Kang brought a group of young princes to attend the Qionglin Banquet, without the older princes to accompany them, and only invited the eldest prince and the eighth prince, he was shocked.
Is he planning to support the eldest prince?
Or is he interested in the eighth prince who has always played the role of a virtuous and capable person?
He thought about it over and over again and didn't know what to do. He didn't get any useful information. Just then, a letter came from Jiangnan, bringing him some explosive news. He was refreshed and didn't care about anything else. He took the thirteenth prince and hurried to the palace.
When he arrived at the South Study, he saw that Master Kang, the eldest prince, and the eighth prince were all there. There were also a group of little idiots standing or sitting below. It was really lively and awkward.
As if he saw the embarrassment of the fourth prince, Master Kang asked first, "Fourth prince, what are you doing here now?"
[Author's words]
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